Hugues de Chaunac, President of Groupe ORECA's statement on the recent announcement by the GRAND-AM Road Racing and the American Le Mans Series regarding the unification of the two North American sports car series.

TRG and Aston Martin had their first outing on the infield road course in Daytona for the Vantage GT4. The new car for the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series will make its debut later this month.

Daytona Prototype and Prototype 2 top the initial class structure in 2014 under what will be the new sportscar series of the future. Also mentioned was the Prototype Challenge class plus the GT classes, of course, and the DeltaWing.

The two American sportscar series are now under NASCAR, but the final decisions still need to be made prior to the on-track competition in 2014. Motorsport.com placed it fifth in our top five moments of the year.

Ciaran Haggerty and his dad will be part of the Starworks team at the 2013 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. The young Scot will be in the team's paddock with not only Dalziel but also Scotsman McNish, Venezuelan Popow and Frenchman Bourdais.

Once again TRG’s owner is ready for the future. Buckler takes chances but never on the track, and he always shines when new ideas change the face of racing. His new endeavor is the partnership Aston Martin Racing.

Mazda initially announced the build of its SKYACTIV-D clean diesel engine during the 2012 Le Mans race. The engine will be housed in their sporty Mazda6 with its first race in January at the Rolex 24 of Daytona.

TRG-Aston Martin Racing launch multi-faceted factory-supported North American race program. Team will contest both the Grand-Am Rolex and ALMS series'; plus the Grand-Am CTSCC and the SCCA World Challenge.